Prigioni Is Likely to Return; Chandler Says He Feels Fine

GREENBURGH, N.Y. — Pablo Prigioni will probably be back in the Knicks’ starting lineup Tuesday night for Game 2 against the Boston Celtics.

Prigioni missed Saturday’s series opener after spraining his right ankle in the Knicks’ regular-season finale. The Knicks hardly seemed to miss him, taking an 85-78 victory at Madison Square Garden.

Prigioni practiced with the team Monday and was listed as probable. Barring any setbacks overnight, Coach Mike Woodson said Prigioni would start alongside Raymond Felton, restoring the backcourt the Knicks used during their 13-game winning streak in March and April.

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Kenyon Martin with Tyson Chandler, left, who said his neck was feeling fine.Credit
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Chris Copeland, who started Game 1, would return to the bench.

Tyson Chandler also went through practice and reiterated that his neck was feeling fine despite a bulging disk that kept him out of 16 of the final 20 games.

He added, “It’s just getting my timing back, getting my legs under me, getting back into the flow of the game.”

A version of this web log appears in print on April 23, 2013, on Page B15 of the New York edition with the headline: Prigioni Is Likely to Return; Chandler Says He Feels Fine. Order Reprints|Today's Paper|Subscribe